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Trump says he'll put 10% tariffs on remaining China imports

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump intensified pressure on China to reach a trade deal by saying he will impose 10% tariffs Sept. 1 on the remaining $300 billion in Chinese imports he hasn't already ...

Aug 03, 2019

Bank of England says Brexit uncertainties 'more entrenched'

LONDON - The probability that Britain's economy slips into recession early next year is rising even if the country manages to negotiate a smooth and orderly exit from the European Union in the weeks a...

Aug 03, 2019

Walloped by heat wave, Greenland sees massive ice melt

BERLIN - The heat wave that smashed high temperature records in five European countries a week ago is now over Greenland, accelerating the melting of the island's ice sheet and causing massive ice los...

Aug 03, 2019

R. Kelly pleads not guilty to sexually abusing women, girls

NEW YORK - Embattled R&B singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges he sexually abused women and girls who attended his concerts as his lawyers continued to label the alleged vic...

Aug 03, 2019

Long-term mortgage rates flat to higher; 30-year at 3.75%

WASHINGTON - U.S. long-term mortgage rates were flat to slightly higher this week, hovering around three-year lows after the Federal Reserve's cut in its benchmark interest rate for the first time in ...

Aug 03, 2019

US sanctions Zimbabwean official over post-election killings

HARARE, Zimbabwe - The United States on Thursday placed on its sanctions list a former Zimbabwean army general who commanded troops accused of killing six civilians a year ago after a disputed electio...

Aug 03, 2019

Katy Perry, others ordered to pay $2.78M for copying song

LOS ANGELES - Katy Perry, her collaborators and her record label must pay more than $2.78 million because the pop star's 2013 hit "Dark Horse" copied a 2009 Christian rap song, a federal jury decided ...

Aug 03, 2019

Kentucky pipeline blast leaves 1 dead, 5 injured

JUNCTION CITY, Ky. - A regional gas pipeline ruptured early Thursday in Kentucky, causing a massive explosion that killed one person, hospitalized five others, destroyed railroad tracks and forced the...

Aug 03, 2019

UK emergency workers race to cut water levels at damaged dam

LONDON - Emergency workers raced Saturday to lower water levels behind a damaged dam in northwest England as forecasters warned more bad weather is on the way. Pumps have reduced the water level in To...

Aug 03, 2019

Edward Snowden book coming out Sept. 17

NEW YORK - Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has written a memoir. The book by the man whose leaks of classified documents transformed the debate about government surveillance ...

Aug 03, 2019